Born in Sài Gòn, Việt Nam in 1970, now living in the US as a claimed and renamed TRA

The Bi-Yearly Burnout

Ugh, I’ve been suffering from blog-burnout for the last few months. Actually, I thought of stopping altogether. After over a year, I started to feel as if I were talking in circles. Vertigo began to set in.

It wasn’t like writer’s block where you have nothing to write, but more like idea over-drive. I had so many things I wanted to say, that they all became a jumbled mess. I’d start one paragraph but the next would be on an entirely different subject. Ramble….ramble…

Hopefully, the fog will clear soon. Probably tomorrow since I’ve made this post. I don’t know why but the minute I say I have nothing to blog about, I find something to blog. I guess we’ll see.

Random thought – I was so happy to see two more Vietnamese adoptees join the sphere and now I’m outnumbered by boys. It’s not that I’m complaining or anything, but jeese.

Random thought #2 – I’m both happy and sad to see my KAD friends getting ready to leave for Korea. I’m going to miss you while you’re away.

Random thought #3 – Phrases like “not letting adoption take over your life” is one of the most idiotic things I’ve ever seen. Duh, that’s already happened people. The other stupid one is, “Get over your adoption.” Yes, just jump on over it and hopefully, you’ll forget it ever happened. Move on…denial, denial.

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I’m bringing the beloved laptop, and you better believe I’m still going to pop up on chat from time to time. With the time difference and the fact that we sleep at odd hours to begin with, I’m sure we’ll continue to be in sync with one another…

Anyway, truly, you’ve inspired me to continue blogging each time I thought I’d given it up. I think that during those periods when you feel you have nothing more to say, the best thing to do is to take a rest from the virtual world and enjoy your real life. Take notes. Read. Listen. Think. Eventually, you’ll want to write it all down.

Also, it’s hard to concentrate on one theme. For me, I know my interests are scattered, but I tend to write about topics that have a very personal meaning to me and which reveal who I was and who I’ve become.

OMG. I just clicked on the link for “The Abandoned.” Whoa. That’s bad. But of course I have a perverse desire to see it anyway. Have you ever seen the movie “A Peck on the Cheek?” It’s one of the most bizarre but fascinating adoption movies ever.

Don’t stop blogging! Just take a little Scrabble break now and then. 🙂

I like that you take roughly as many, or possibly more, blogging breaks than I do, but you always seem to come back with far more articulate and interesting things to say. I just come back from time to time and say, “Read this book. Go here. Look at these. Watch this. OK, I’m gone again.”

Anyway, you won’t even know we’re gone in Korea. I’m sure I’ll be seeking out Internet cafes so frequently, you won’t get a rest. *poke*

I have icky boy germs? EWWWWW!!! I thought I was just an adoptee….now I find out that I’m also a boy….how wrong… 🙂

On blogging – hey – I’m no expert on this or life, but I know I like reading your posts and your blogs and the opportunity to get to know you – and for whatever it’s worth – my online life is part of my real life (I’m a techie though…) and I’ve enjoyed meeting you in it and I’d just hope to see you back in it sometime.

Nah, it’s just the blogging blah’s. I’m actually working on a couple of posts simultaneously. Every year I consider leaving, but never do. I’d miss the positive experiences that comes with blogging and as you know, there are a lot of them to be had.

Soon-Young, that would be great, but don’t worry about me. I’m being totally selfish in missing you, but I’m sure I’ll find plenty to keep me distracted. 😉 Just enjoy it all and don’t forget to have a shot of soju for me. 😀

Oanh, I heart you! Pfththt! You’re anything but selfish.

Bryan, your haiku reviews rock. You should make those a regular feature of your blog.

I think the movie came out last year, so it should be out on video by now. It’s not only bad as a movie, the message is sends is completely fugged. That’s probably the reason for about 70 percent of my reaction.

The most stupid thing is the movie had nothing to do with being “abandoned”. The main characters’ mother drove them to a house before she died after being stabbed by her husband. Gah! It so BAD.

Kevin, yeah, of course I do. Still, for the sake of equality, I hope another sister Viet adoptee blogger enters the scene.

Seriously though, I’m so glad the both of you are out there. Not only have you inspired me to keep going, you’ve both given me new ideas and avenues to explore.

Thanks for all the great suggestions. It’s probably normal to think of giving up blogging after doing it for a while. I think you’re right and that it’s better to take breaks and explore other interests. I remember you posting about how it helps not to think that every blogpost needs to be an essay. You’re definitely on to something there, too.

Susan, I haven’t seen that one yet, but I’ll see if I can find it. “Abandoned” is such a bad movie! It was just so annoying! Even the sister adoptee character got on my nerves. This movie is a brain fart pure and simple.

Hehe, let me know when you’re ready for another game! I had fun even though you kicked my butt. I hadn’t played scrabble in ages before that game with you.

Ji-in, I’ve been doing that, too lately and it’s no less important. It’s all about awareness which you’re very good at getting out there. Besides, you have such a high quality archive and do so much work off blog that no one can complain. Except maybe that you’re posts are so terribly missed.

Missing you is a given, but like I said, don’t worry about me. Just take your time in Korea for yourself. It’s overdue and well-deserved. My thoughts are always with you, but yeah, a poke now and then would be great!

lol Vietk, you always crack me up. It really means so much having you and Kevin around. It’s been great to see and enjoy your different writing styles and subjects. You both add so much to blogosphere. My online life is part of my real life, too since so many of my friends and extended adoptee family are spread all over the place. I’ll stop now before I start getting all mushy and melodramatic. *wipes eyes

Nah, I’ll be back before long. Just think of me as one of those bouncy balls. Just when you think I’ve bounced off to the unknown, I ricochet off the wall and bonk you in the head.

I think there is a lot left to be explored. One of the things I find myself doing these days is going back and doing a lot of review which often leads into new areas. New areas for me, anyway. The challenge again becomes how to communicate the previously unexplored in a creative, coherent, alien yet familiar way which I do find exciting and intriguing.